To Catch A Penguin

di George Ming Ma (Autore)

True American Publishing, 2024

In the frigid darkness of a winter's night, two daring young adventurers, Georgy and Amy, checked their futuristic watches before leaping onto a parked car. With determined eyes, they waited until the precise moment to jump off, landing just outside the local zoo's main gates. Stealthily, they slipped through a door into the administrative office, retrieving key information about the penguin exhibits. Their mission: to liberate the flightless birds from their cages. Heart rates accelerating, Georgy and Amy made their way to the penguin enclosure. Georgy produced a slender pick from his pocket, deftly unlatching the cage door. Amy swiftly ushered six bewildered penguins out into the night. But their covert operation was blown when a deafening alarm pierced the air. A terrifying cyborg animal, created by the zoo to guard its exhibits, gave chase. In the chaos, one penguin's flipper was horrifically sliced off its body by the cybernetic beast. With no time to lose, the two intrepid youths triggered a teleportation function on their watches, whisking themselves and the injured penguins away to the remote, frozen landscapes of the South Pole. They knew they needed to find medical supplies to tend to the grievously wounded bird. Fearing the zoo was still hunting them, they constructed an igloo to shelter in while scouting the area. After an arduous hike up a mountain, with breathtaking polar vistas unfolding before them, their path was obstructed by a menacing helicopter. The pilot's voice boomed through a loudspeaker, demanding they surrender the penguins. Georgy and Amy fled, taking refuge in a cave until the chopper's thrumming blades faded into the distance. They pressed on, finally procuring the life-saving medical supplies. Trekking back down the mountain, they remained vigilant, worried the helicopter might return. They reached their cave encampment and quickly tended to the injured penguin's wounds. To ensure the birds' long-term safety, they programmed a robot protector before teleporting home, leaving their feathered rescuees behind with ample provisions. Their respite was short-lived. Days later, the zoo's forces reappeared, this time deploying a colossal cyborg polar bear to demolish the penguins' icy homestead. Georgy and Amy raced back to their high-tech lab and invented a "Minimizer" device capable of shrinking objects. They teleported once more to the Arctic and used their creation to reduce the robo-bear to a size small enough to be crushed underfoot, finally neutralizing the threat. With the penguins now under the watchful guard of their new robot ally and the zoo's forces beaten, Georgy and Amy could finally relax. But the adventures of protecting Earth's creatures were never done - after finishing their homework, they would undoubtedly be called to their next daring rescue mission.

• Autore: George Ming Ma
• Anno edizione: 2024
• Editore: True American Publishing
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798227414779